People · China
Menglin Xu (徐梦麟)
3×3 · top 9.1% of 284,439 all-time · competing since August 2009 · 2009XUME01
Menglin Xu (徐梦麟) has been competing for 17 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 10.55, set at Beijing Winter 2011, puts him in the top 9.1% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 3,566th in China. Until August 2006, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 15 competitions since August 2009, he has put 458 official solves on the record across six events. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 12% around a typical one, steadier than 77% of the 35,811 competitors with ten or more counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 14.93 in August 2009 to 10.55, a 29% improvement. Menglin has entered 15 competitions, more competitions than 95% of everyone who has ever competed.
Standing, event by event
vs everyone ever ranked| Event | PB single | PB average | All-time standing | China | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3×3 | 10.55 | 11.83 | top 9.1% | 3,566 / 28,153 | |
| 3×3 one-handed | 15.93 | 18.35 | top 10.0% | 980 / 5,922 | |
| 4×4 | 40.61 | 46.17 | top 12.8% | 1,378 / 5,926 | |
| 2×2 | 3.16 | 5.18 | top 16.1% | 2,585 / 15,796 | |
| 5×5 | 1:25.87 | 1:37.57 | top 24.0% | 1,135 / 2,816 | |
| 3×3 blindfolded | 3:25.47 | — | early days — 2 solves | 829 / 1,183 |
Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.
The line so far
Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.
The story so far
- 10 Dec 2011Three personal bests in one day at Human Rights Day 2011.
- 2 Jan 2010Four personal bests in one day at Changchun Open 2010.
- 16 Aug 2009First competition: Beijing Summer Open 2009. A 17.34 3×3 single to start from.
- 16 Aug 2009First sub-15 3×3: 14.93 at Beijing Summer Open 2009.
Competitions
- Beijing Summer Open 2014 · 6 Jul 2014
- Beijing Summer 2012 · 12 Aug 2012 — 1 personal best set
- China Tourism Day 2012 · 19 May 2012 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2011 · 25 Dec 2011 — 2 personal bests set
- Human Rights Day 2011 · 10 Dec 2011 — 3 personal bests set
- Beijing Summer Open 2011 · 31 Jul 2011
- Beijing Spring 2011 · 23 Apr 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Winter 2011 · 15 Jan 2011 — 1 personal best set
- Tianjin Open 2010 · 21 Nov 2010 — 1 personal best set
- ChangChun 2010 · 1 Aug 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Taiyuan 2010 · 30 May 2010 — 2 personal bests set
- Alpha Cube BUAA Open 2010 · 9 May 2010 — 1 personal best set
- Changchun Open 2010 · 2 Jan 2010 — 4 personal bests set
- Beijing Winter 2009 · 20 Dec 2009 — 1 personal best set
- Beijing Summer Open 2009 · 16 Aug 2009 — 1 personal best set
Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.
The circuit
The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.
- Yuxuan Wang (王宇轩) — met in 47 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
- Fubo Wang (王富博) — met in 46 rounds, finished ahead 14 times
- Hongye Sun (孙虹烨) — met in 44 rounds, finished ahead 33 times
Next targets
- A sub-10 3×3 single — 21,172 people have one; it is 0.55 away.
- A sub-15 3×3 one-handed single — 5,987 people have one; it is 0.93 away.
Targets move as he improves.